DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES
Jun 1, 1988

Closure to “Settlement Analysis of Skirted Granular Piles” by B. G. Rao and G. Ranjan (November, 1985, Vol. 111, No. 11)

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B. Govind Rao
Sci., Central Bldg. Res. Inst., Roorkee, India
Gopal Ranjan, Member, ASCE
Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Roorkee, Roorkee, India

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